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ED I STATES JAMES lWI. ELLIOTT, OF \VINNSBOROUGH, SOUTH CAROLINA.

JOURNAL-BEARlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,512,dated-September 2, 1884.

Application filed March 10, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, J AMES M. ELLIOTT, ofWVinnsborough, in the county of Fairfield and State of South Carolina,have invented a new and Improved J ournal-Bearing, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in journal-bearings; and itconsists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a journal-box constructed according to myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the box on the line a orof Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 1 y of Fig. 1.

I make a cavity or chamber, a, in the cap I), suitable for enabling abearing-block, c, to be fitted in it, for bearing on the upper side ofthe journal (Z instead of the cap itself, and I fit a couple of adjlisting-screws, 0, through the top of the cap, with suitable janrnuts,f, to secure the screws, which are to be set down from time to time asthe lower bearing, 9, of the box It wears away, thus allowing the cap I)to be firmly bolted down on the top of the 'box at t without liners, andenabling the slack to be taken up without disturbing the cap, and alsoenabling the bolts j, by which the cap is secured, to be extended downthrough the bed-frame or other support for the box, to secure the boxalso, and to confine the bear ing-block 0 against any lateral play, Ifit one (No model.)

ribs Z of the cap at points of the block, also 7 having correspondingfaced ribs m, to make true bearings, by which the block will beaccurately placed, and will not vary as it shifts downward by its Wearand the wear of the box-bearing g. The screw is and these bearing-ribsZm insure the'proper lining of the block 0 with the journal (I, and thescrew prevents any lateral play of the block.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with the cap I) of a journal-box extending the wholelength there of, and having the longitudinal chamber (1, extending fromone end to the other, of the bearing-block 0, arranged in said chamber,the adjustingscrews e, passing through the top of the cap and bearing onopposite ends of the bearing-block, and the adjusting-screw k, passingthe side of the cap and bearing against the said bearingblock at thecenter of its length, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The cap I) ofa journalbox, having an ad justable bearing-block, c, ina cavity, a, and provided with adjustingscrews e, for setting it down onthe journal, also with an adjusting-screw, 7c, and bearing-faces m, forcontrolling the block laterally, said cap having bearin g-faces Z andbeing permanently bolted down 011 the box, substantially as described.

JAMES M. ELLIOTT.

\Vitnesses:

E. B. RAGSDALE, JNo. W. SMART.

